It was another tough night for the Nipissing Lakers men's volleyball team, as they suffered their third straight loss of the season.

The Lakers came up short, losing 3-1, to the Ryerson Rams on home court as they wrapped up the first half of the season.

After winning the first set, the Lakers dropped the next three and were tagged with the loss.

In the first set, the Lakers made their way to a 16-11 lead at the technical timeout to set the tone.

They held at least a four point advantage for the rest of the set and came away with the 25-20 win to kick off the match.

The second set saw the teams even right up until the technical timeout where the Lakers took a 16-14 lead into the break.

Ryerson turned it around as the teams went down to the wire, but the grabbed the final two points of the set to win 25-23 and even the match.

The match stayed tight the whole way with Ryerson holding a 16-14 lead at the break in the third set.

They pushed their way to a 25-21 win to take the lead in the match.

In what turned out to be the final set, the Lakers were up by just one, 16-15, at the timeout and the score remained tight the whole way.

In the end, Ryerson scored three of the final four points to walk away with a 25-21 win and the match.

Steve Wood was solid, recording 18 kills, Jeremie Murray had seven and James Clendenning added six.

Nipissing is off until the new year, where they'll resume play in late January.